Valerio Fioravanti

Valerio Fioravanti (28 March 1958-) was a leader of the Italian neo-fascist Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari militant group during the "Years of Lead".

Biography
Valerio Fioravanti was born in Rovereto, Trentino, Italy in 1958, the son of a television presenter. He was a RAI child actor during the 1960s, and, influenced by his brother, he joined the far-right extraparliamentary movements during the "Years of Lead". Fioravanti was a member of the Italian Social Movement before devising the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari, and the group killed several policemen, whom they described as "thugs and torturers". Fioravanti was convicted for his role in the Bologna massacre in 1980, and, in 1988, he was sentenced to 10 life terms plus 250 years. However, he was released from prison in 2004, and lived a free life after 2009, although he continued to deny his role in the Bologna train station bombing.